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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AOld_adding_machine.JPG">thumb</a>An <b>adding machine</b> is a class of <a href="page.php?w=mechanical_calculator">mechanical calculator</a>, usually specialized for <a href="page.php?w=bookkeeping">bookkeeping</a> calculations. Consequently, the earliest adding machines were often designed to read in particular currencies. Adding machines were ubiquitous <a href="page.php?w=office_equipment">office equipment</a> in developed countries for most of the twentieth century. They were phased out in favor of <a href="page.php?w=electronic_calculator">electronic calculator</a>s</p><p>
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